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    Mercury Astronaut Gordon Cooper Dies at 77

    Gordon Cooper ( search ), who was the youngest and perhaps cockiest member of the original seven Mercury astronauts and set the space endurance record that helped clear the way for the first moon landing, has died. He was 77.Cooper died Monday at his home in Ventura,  NASA ( search ) officials said in a statement. He died of natural causes, said Mitch Breese, of the county medical examiner's office.Cooper had been suffering from heart problems and showed symptoms of heart failure on Saturday and Sunday, former Mercury astronaut Wally Schirra said."We were probably the most bonded seven men in the history of aviation and space and mankind, and to lose another one is pretty tough for us," Schirra told Associated Press Radio.As one of the nation's first astronauts, Cooper became a hero to a generation of Americans in the early 1960s as the country tried to catch the Soviet Union in the space race."He truly portrayed the right stuff, and he helped gain the backing and enthusiasm of the Ame...

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